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HURRICANE GERT ADVISORY NUMBER  44
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
5 AM AST WED SEP 22 1999
 
...GERT ACCELERATING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AND WEAKENING...

THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA HAS ISSUED STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WIND
WARNINGS FOR SOME OF THE MARITIME AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF
NEWFOUNDLAND.

AT 5 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE GERT WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 37.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  60.0 WEST OR ABOUT 800 MILES...1290
KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ST. JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND.
 
GERT IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH...37 KM/HR. 
THIS GENERAL TRACK IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT A FASTER FORWARD SPEED
LATER TODAY.
 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  85 MPH...140 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
 
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140 MILES...220 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 260 MILES...415 KM.
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  979 MB...28.91 INCHES.
 
REPEATING THE 5 AM AST POSITION...37.2 N... 60.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 23 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 85 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 979 MB.
 
THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
11 AM AST.
 
FRANKLIN
 
STRIKE PROBABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ADVISORY NUMBER CAN BE
FOUND UNDER AFOS HEADER MIASPFAT4 AND WMO HEADER WTNT74 KNHC.
 
 
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